Global Patent Index - EP 1267037 B1

EP 1267037 B1 20060726 - Cooled hollow tip shroud of a turbine blade

Title (en)

Cooled hollow tip shroud of a turbine blade

Title (de)

Gekühlte hohle Schaufelspitzenabdeckung einer Turbinenschaufel

Title (fr)

Elément de recouvrement creux refroidis de l'extrémité d'une aube de turbine

Publication

EP 1267037 B1 20060726 (EN)

Application

EP 02252688 A 20020416

Priority

US 83542601 A 20010416

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2002150474A1] The present invention relates to a lightweight shrouded turbine blade. The turbine blade comprises an airfoil section and a hollow blade tip shroud joined to the airfoil section. The hollow tip shroud is preferably a cast, compartmentalized structure and has a plurality of ribs acting as load bearing structures and defining a plurality of shroud core sections. Each of the shroud core sections communicates with a supply of cooling fluid and has a plurality of apertures for supplying cooling fluid to exterior portions of the shroud.

IPC 8 full level

F01D 5/22 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01); F01D 11/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F01D 5/186 (2013.01 - EP US); F01D 5/225 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2230/21 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2260/203 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2002150474 A1 20021017; US 6471480 B1 20021029; DE 60213328 D1 20060907; DE 60213328 T2 20070726; EP 1267037 A2 20021218; EP 1267037 A3 20040204; EP 1267037 B1 20060726; JP 2002349205 A 20021204

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 83542601 A 20010416; DE 60213328 T 20020416; EP 02252688 A 20020416; JP 2002113376 A 20020416